1st Edition

International Development and Global Politics History, Theory and Practice

By David Williams Copyright 2012
224 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This textbook provides a historical survey of economic and political development theory and practice from 1945. Against the background of changes in global politics, it explores how the project of international development has been shaped in a series of wider contexts. Divided into two historical parts: the Sovereign Order, post 1945 to the early-1980s, and the Liberal post-Cold War Era from the... Read more

1. Introduction: International Development and Global Politics  Part 1: Development and the Sovereign Order  2. Global Context  3. Development Theory  4. Development Institutions  5. Development Practice  Part 2: Development and the Liberal Order  6. Global Context  7. Development Theory  8. Development Institutions  9. Development Practice  10. Conclusion

Biography

David Williams is Lecturer in International Politics, Head of Department, Centre for International Politics, City University, UK. He was previously Lecturer in International Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University.